People · China
Yizhou Huang (黄一舟)
Pyraminx · top 4.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025HUAN27
Yizhou Huang (黄一舟) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.34, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 591st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2025, he has put 125 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.13 in June 2025 to 2.41, a 23% improvement. Yizhou has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 4.47 | top 4.9% | 591 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 9.13 | 11.50 | top 5.2% | 2,013 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.06 | top 8.1% | 1,194 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.25 | 17.09 | top 8.7% | 845 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 4.18 | 4.84 | top 12.2% | 740 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 7.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 288 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | — | top 23.5% | 248 / 1,071 | |
| 4×4 | 58.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,524 / 5,999 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.13 at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 5 Oct 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First competition: Zhuhai Open 2025. A 14.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- FMC Nanjing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yanbo Liu (刘彦博) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.